Re: [pure-lang-users] \r bug

[Eddie R. <er...@bm...>]

On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 16:36 +0200, Jiří Spitz wrote:
> Eddie Rucker wrote:
> > When I tried to test a script I had written using notepad on my Linux
> > box I got the following errors.
> > 
> > erucker@erucker:~/Desktop$ pure -i test.pure
> > 'est.pure:4.8: invalid character '
> > test.pure:4.8: syntax error, unexpected invalid character
> > 'est.pure:5.14: invalid character '
> > test.pure:6.28: syntax error, unexpected ']', expecting '=' or '|'
> > test.pure:6.62-64: syntax error, unexpected ']', expecting '=' or '|'
> > 'est.pure:6.66: invalid character '
> > ...
> > 
> This is problem of different file formats on Linux and Windows. Windows' 
> text files have lines delimited by CR+LF characters wheras Linux' ones 
> only by LF. Files created under Windows exhibit the described behaviour 
> under Linux. Most programers' text editors (not Notepad) allow change 
> the file format.

I'm not too familiar with Windoze but I knew about the \r\n sequences. I
had to write the script on someone else's machine (who doesn't want
another text editor) and I had to test it on my Linux box. It just seems
strange that 

e.r.